Monthly Archives: February 2013

Camilo Villegas: A One-Shot Lead and a Sense of Perspective

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:31 pm by Bill Rand

Camilo Villegas has returned from the dead! Well, at least for one round. The 31-year-old Colombian star shot 6-under, 64, locking it up with a spectacular eagle-3 at the last. He hit it to eight feet from 263 yards. He … Continue reading →

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Keegan Bradley Is Not a Cheater

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:26 am by Bill Rand

Keegan Bradley is not a cheater. And neither is Carl Pettersson…or Webb Simpson…or Ernie Els…or anybody else who uses an anchored putter, whether it’s a long putter or a belly putter. I feel compelled to rise to their defense because … Continue reading →

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Rory McIlroy: The Club Change Process

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:56 pm by Bill Rand

The big news after the 2012 season was done was Rory McIlroy deciding to leave Titleist for Nike. There was an immediate uproar for one or two reasons. (1.) The amount of endorsement money McIlroy received, and, (2) the huge … Continue reading →

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Jim Furyk: Ready to Move On If Only We’d Let Him

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013 11:36 pm by Bill Rand

Generally I like Cameron Morfit and the stuff he writes for Golf Magazine and I’ve linked to a couple of his columns. But in this column, “The Unraveling of Jim Furyk: Lessons learned from a season marked by failure,” he … Continue reading →

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WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Kuchar Wins Emphatically

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013 11:47 am by Bill Rand

As most who follow the professional tours know, the Accenture Match Play Championship played at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain just north of Tucson, finished on time Sunday and this year’s champion is Matt Kuchar. He did it by … Continue reading →

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WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: The Final Four

Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:00 am by Bill Rand

It’s always exciting to get to Saturday night in the Accenture Match Play Championship. A week that began with an “anybody could win this thing” field of the 64 best golfers in the world has finally been winnowed down to … Continue reading →

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WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: How Champions Are Made

Posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 11:31 pm by Bill Rand

Today might have been the day that Scott Piercy finally made a name for himself. He demolished Luke Donald, the number one seed in the 16-man Sam Sneed bracket at the Accenture Match Play Championship, 7 and 6. Now Piercy … Continue reading →

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WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Where Dreams Come True

Posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 12:29 am by Bill Rand

The first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship is finally complete…complete with an overnight snow delay of all things. And you would have to say that the results were worth the time we had to wait for them. The … Continue reading →

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Hunter Mahan: On Match Play Philosophy

Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:45 pm by Bill Rand

With Wednesday’s opening round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship snowed out — yes, snow in Arizona — I’m afforded the opportunity to deal with a terrific interview that Hunter Mahan gave on Monday. Everyone always talks about match play … Continue reading →

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WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship – The Masters Speak

Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:21 am by Bill Rand

The interviews the media staff lined up for us were such blockbusters that it was hard to single any one player out. So since my questions were all about the central point of this blog, mastery, I chose to focus … Continue reading →

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